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From preventing employees working for others in the employer’s time, to checking if someone is having an affair with your partner; employers feel they have legitimate reasons for monitoring employees. But what is it lawful to do? To understand what is lawful we need to look at some details: are there legitimate reasons for the […]

In theory yes! In practice possibly not. We outline 5 reasons why you might relax. ICO audits At the beginning of May it was far from clear how the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was going to audit the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). We are still not clear but, even so, if the ICO was […]

With your focus on the GDPR it is easy to overlook whether you should register your data controller. That is not always necessary, and it is easy to check… You might want to see first whether your organisation is already on the Information Commissioner’s Office register. You can search here. If you are not registered […]

“Useful and informative” was the feedback from delegates at our GDPR workshop, in conjunction with Lancaster Chamber, on the 2nd May. If you too would like a little help from a friend read on: There are risks in not complying with GDPR, of which fines may be the least likely from an employers perspective. Excessive […]

With implementation of the GDPR in May, businesses are obliged to keep personal data secure and to notify the Information Commissioner of any breaches. Your weakest link is the people you employ. While hackers are one risk but you have almost as much to fear from your employees. Phishing Emails purporting to be from HMRC, […]

At the heart of the dispute that has been going on recently lies a principle pertinent to data protection and, of course the GDPR. Based on press reports it seems a researcher gained permission from Facebook to harvest personal data (i.e. information) for a research project. That appears to have been regarded as legitimate. I […]

GDPR affects personal data wherever it is held and whatever employers may or may not do with it. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) can demand to see a record of your data processing at any time. Here we suggest the steps employers need to take: Identify the personal data that you hold Catalogue where the […]

In 2017 most organisations benefit from at least some employees being able to access business information on the move. Smartphones provide facilities that can be invaluable for efficiency, time-tracking, navigation, photo evidence and event ticketing to mention just a few. In the UK a third of all employees now use personal devices rather than business […]

HR data is invariably sensitive personal data which under the Data Protection Act, and the future General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), you are obliged to keep secure. Employer Solutions is pleased to announce that it has achieved the Cyber Essentials accreditation. The accreditation means that our computer systems meet the essential standards of security appropriate […]